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Implosion!

http://gizmodo.com/383045/how-to-implode-a-tanker-car-in-under-a-secondThe effects of the ideal gas law. This can also be done with a soda can. I forgot exactly how but I believe it involves hot air and ice water.

Best Office Moment Ever

Reasons
-Phyllis' expression when Michael yells in her face.
-Michael telling the temp "you my friend would be da bell of da ball"
-Michael saying "Thank you Andy, Tanks"
-Michael responding that the worst part of prison was "Da dementors! They suck the soul out of your body, and it hurdt!"
-"And I never got caught neitha" "well... you are in prison...."

The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Evil

There was an episode of Futurama where Bender is mistaken for evil robot Santa and is being put to death for crimes against humanity. The mayor of New New York City tells Bender that he will be put to death in the most humane way possible, by being ripped apart by two magnets. Bender responds, "But Mr. Mayor that doesn't sound very humane!" to which the Mayor responds, "It is for the witnesses because it's not boring!"

This is basically what the supreme court ruled on the Kentucky case challenging the current method of legal injection as cruel and unusual punishment. The current method of lethal injection used is a three-drug cocktail using a barbiturate, paralytic, and finally potassium chloride, which stops the heart. If the method works, the person should experience no pain and die peacefully. However, some in the medical field have testified that occasionally the barbiturate will not work causing the prisoner to experience severe pain but unable to react due to the paralytic. A simple solution would be do give the prisoner an overdose of the barbiturate as we do when we put dogs and cats to sleep. Unfortunately, this method may result in flinching of the prisoner's limbs, which could be upsetting to the audience. Sorry death row inmate but that method of lethal injection is simply not humane enough for the audience watching your performance.

From what I recall from an epic NYTimes Magazine article, the three-drug cocktail wasn't formulated by a scientist or medical doctor but just by some dude. Furthermore, since it is against the physicians code of ethics, no medical doctors take part in administering the lethal ejection. So in summary, the three-drug cocktail was invented by some dude which is then administered by another dude. I would say we could ask how other Western countries administer their death penalties except that NO ONE ELSE DOES. We can ask our friends in Afghanistan who stone to death or behead their adulterers. Or the Iraqis who practice good old-fashioned hangings. I don't think hangings will ever be accepted because failure in that method results in either slow suffocation or beheading, not to mention loss of bowels. But at least it wouldn't be boring.

WW2 German Sea Mine Exlodes

The British discovered an unexploded ww2 era German sea mine. And they 'sploded it. British banter ensues.

The Philosophy of Time Travel

The way I see it, works of fiction present four time travel scenarios.

1. Parallel Universes: When you time travel it creates a new, parallel universe that is changed based on the time traveler's actions. Includes fortune-telling, where knowing the future changes the future. Examples: Back to the Future, Donnie Darko, The Minority Report. Problems: Grandfather paradox still a problem. For instance, we are told that Michael J. Fox in the first Back to the Future created Rock-N-Roll, which creates a loop where Michael J. Fox learned about Rock-N-Roll from himself.

2. Single Universe: Like parallel, except there is only one reality that can be changed. Examples: Terminantor 1-2, Southland Tales, 12 Monkeys. Problems: Same grandfather paradox. In Terminator 1, John Connor's father is from the future. How could John Connor exist if his father isn't born until after him. This is also the case in Futurama, where Fry is literally his own grandfather. Also, running into yourself may (Southland Tales) or may not (Back to the Future) result in the end of the world.

3. Inevitable Fate: Like the single universe except that fate cannot be changed. Trying to change the events of the past will still result in the same outcome; only the circumstances change. Examples: Terminantor 3, The Time Machine (movie). Problems: Why would only certain events like the rise of machines or the death of a loved one have to occur, while you crossing the street can be changed. Assumes some kind of intelligent designer.

4. No Causality: All events in the history of time have already occurred. Time traveling results in the replaying of predetermined events. Examples: Slaughterhouse-Five. Problems: Difficult to comprehend a reality where there is no causality. This would be Hume's idea of time travel, I assume.

Too soon watch

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert made a joke on the San Francisco fires that got a bad reception to which he responded, "Too soon?"

Evil Empire

Say what you will about Family Guy, but their Star Wars parody was dead on.

Laser Cats 3 featuring Chris Dodd

No Laser Cats 2 but still pretty good. Remember, Andy Sandberg did this before Sweding was on the radar. I smell SNL movie material.

Speaking of Swedes, these are the better ones I have encountered:

Terminator 2


Easily the best out there. The tin foil is almost as inspired at the use of pizzas in Be Kind, Rewind for blood splatter.

Total Recall


the Ahnold impression is hilarious.

Back to the Future


Casting of Doc... genius. And playing Seal at the prom scene is pretty funny too.

Boyz in the Hood


Watch at 2:02 "what's happening to our hood!?"

The Office Exposed: A Two Paragraph Post

I was watching The Office and noticed that one of the camera men of the documentary crew exposes their hand:

I believe this is the first time you see anything of the documentary crew. The Office has an interesting relationship with their (diegetic) documentary crew. There are times when it is given they are aware of being filmed: the one-on-one interviews, Michael trying to impress the camera crew, etc. However, sometimes the characters seem oblivious to the presence of a crew: intimidate or personal moments. The Office doesn't completely acknowledge being filmed like Reno 911! does nor is it implied we are voyeurs as is the case of documentary-style single camera sitcoms. This reminds me of the episode of Arrested Development where for a split second you see the boom mic cut into the shot. That, however, was a meta joke on the sloppiness of the show not a reference to a documentary film crew.
Also, I was re-re-re-re-watching The Deposition episode and noticed a chronology issue. Jane is speaking to the camera one-on-one saying how Michael is good at things after he successfully answered a question from their lawyer. However, later in the deposition Jane discovers that Michael had taken a picture of her sunbathing on their secret trip to Jamaica. Assuming this one-on-one interview with Jane happened after the deposition, why is she still happy with Michael?

Coincidence?

The Adam Sandler film Waterboy was mentioned in two of my classes on the same day (history of film and modern philosophy). This is almost as strange as when the term "meta" was talked about in three different classes I took a couple of years ago(organic chem, philosophy and I believe comparative lit class). Except that was awesome and this was disturbing.
Meta >>> Adam Sandler

The 'too soon' joke

I was watching a syndicated episode of The Simpsons, and Homer, referring to the Duff blimp crashing, says, "This is the worst blimp disaster ever" to which Grandpa responds, "Too soon!" This is a great sub-genre of joke. It is often used with Lincoln or following any bad joke about some horrific past event, which I guess with time becomes funny.